Jun 13, 2017
The technology landscape used to be a hotbed of libertarianism. Today, nothing could be further from the truth. Why is that?
Introduction
Doug Casey joins the show to talk about his new book, Drug Lord, and the upcoming Sprott conference in Vancouver where he will be a featured speaker.
Interview
Highlights
[00:15] Don’t miss Doug Casey in Vancouver http://sprottconference.com
[01:07] Doug’s new book “Drug Lord” launches at FreedomFest 2017 in Las Vegas
[02:50] I am kind of lazy
[04:53] Being lazy is advantageous
[07:45] What were your career goals?
[09:30] Have you ever taken a job you didn’t like for the wrong reasons?
[10:15] I am a hardcore unemployable-- I’ve never needed or wanted a job; that’s a degrading concept
[11:58] On Mark Zuckerberg and the universal basic income (UBI)
[14:14] The prevalence of stupidity
[15:09] We already have a universal basic income
[16:48] Technical vs. moral considerations
[19:34] Why do Silicon Valley leaders champion causes such as the UBI?
[22:43] Does guilt play a role?
[23:30] What about philanthopy?
[28:13] What are the hotbeds of libertarianism today?
[30:00] See Doug in Las Vegas at FreedomFest and in Vancouver at http://sprottconference.com
About the guest
Doug Casey is a world-renowned
investor and author of six books; his Crisis Investing was on the
New York Times bestseller list for 29 weeks, including 11 weeks at
#1. His third book, Strategic Investing, reached #7 on the NYT
list. His first book, The International Man, was the biggest
selling book in the history of Rhodesia (obviously a record that
will never be broken). His most recent are Totally Incorrect and
Right on the Money. He’s currently completing a series of seven
novels.
He
has been a featured guest on hundreds of radio and TV shows,
including David Letterman, Merv Griffin, Charlie Rose, Phil
Donahue, Regis Philbin, Maury Povich, NBC News and CNN, and has
been the topic of numerous features in periodicals such as Time,
Forbes, People and the Washington Post. He is also the founder of
the Eris Society, a non-profit organization that for 30 years
brought together hundreds of the world’s leading thinkers on a wide
range of eclectic topics related to the arts, sciences, technology,
finance and medicine. His firm, Casey Research, LLC, publishes a
variety of letters and web sites with a combined weekly audience in
excess of 300,000 individuals, largely high-net- worth investors
with an interest in resource- development and international real
estate. See Caseyresearch.com.
Mr.
Casey has visited over 145 countries, most of them several times,
and lived in ten. He has been active in polo, skydiving, martial
arts, scuba, auto racing and competitive shooting. He maintains
homes in Argentina, Punta del Este Uruguay, New Zealand, and Aspen
Colorado.
Contact him via:
Twitter
@HighGroundBooks
Web at
http://CaseyResearch.com
About the host: Albert Lu is the President &
CEO of Sprott US Media.
Contact him via:
Twitter @AlbertKLu
Web
at http://sprottmedia.com